Sara A Lopez, WeiKang Zheng and Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report the independent LOSS discovery of PNV J00424181+4113433 (=kait-16bq) on an unfiltered KAIT images taken at Nov. 05.258 UT with clear band mag (close to R) of 16.2. A finding chart is posted at http://w.astro.berkeley.edu/~zwk/findingchart/kait-16bq.jpg

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I, Kunihiro Shima made an observation of this transient. Its magnitude was measured as U15.5(UCAC-4). My image was posted on http://www.astroarts.co.jp/photo-gallery/photo/35711.html